Category Archives: Movies
Daredevil Could Have Been Gangsta
So it looks like the film rights to Daredevil will revert back to Marvel/Disney in October. There had been some talk about Marvel and Fox trading Galactus for an extension on the film rights, but I didn’t report on it because I considered it just boring Hollywood talk. And obviously it didn’t pan out anyway. This new wrinkle in the Daredevil rights saga, however, has been confirmed by the (now former) new director, Joe Carnahan.
I actually liked Ben Affleck’s Daredevil, especially the director’s cut
I don’t really know what this might mean for the Marvel Movieverse. Marvel and Disney already have a pretty full slate of movies planned all the way through 2015. Would they try and squeeze a new Daredevil flick in there just because they can? I would hope they hold on to Daredevil for awhile until they know exactly what to do with him – and I hope that doesn’t mean he joins the Avengers.
Anyways, Carnahan is apparently a man who loves his fans, and so he’s posted online two sizzle reels for what his take on Daredevil would have been like. They appear to be pseudo-trailers using old footage and comic book panels to try and create the feel of a bombastic 1970s-style thriller.
Here is the general audience sizzle reel:
And here is the grittier, more violent NC-17 version:
My 6 Favorite Fictional Weapons
I’m not much of a weapons man in real life. My family never owned guns and I never went hunting. I never got my parents to sign me up for any cool ninja sword classes. I never even got to use my dad’s chainsaw when I helped him gather wood all those times. But like most every boy on the planet, you better believe every stick or toy I found turned me into a Ninja Turtle. Every cardboard tube was an instant lightsaber. It’s just the way of the world.
Don’t worry, she’s from the Internet, she will protect us
And while real life weapons are cool, fictional weapons are even cooler! Imaginations run wild and think up some of the greatest, coolest, wildest tools imaginable, and we’d all sell important body parts just to own them. Some people may want jetpacks or flying cars to be invented, but I want these 6 awesome fictional weapons!
Nananananananananananananananana Fan Film!
A brilliant fan film, posted to Youtube by Bryan Nest. In the months following Harvy Dent’s death, the Dark Knight faces a new menace in the form of Zsasz, the Ventriloquist, and a rogue FBI agent named Edward Nigma who’s determined to bring the Batman down at all costs.
How I Would Write the World of Warcraft Movie
The news that Legendary Pictures is trying again to move forward with a World of Warcraft movie fills me with nothing. Not excitement. Not boredom. Not even mild interest. They’ve been trying to get such a movie off the ground for years, and even Spider-Man director Sam Raimi was attached for the longest time.
But Hollywood being Hollywood, the development has gone nowhere. I don’t think I will ever fully understand why these movie-making companies can never just make the damn movies. But that’s also why I don’t want to work in Hollywood.
How is this not a movie yet?
For what it’s worth, some dude named Charles Leavitt has been brought on to write a new script. Apparently he’s written some other movies for Legendary before, and they like him. So la de da for him. I’m going to file the World of Warcraft movie in my ‘When Pigs Fly’ folder alongside the Halo movie. I never believe a movie is going to get made until production actually begins. It’s why I don’t usually write about this kind of news.
But then I got to thinking…how do you cram the entirety of the World of Warcraft franchise into a 2-hour movie? What would the story be? Who are the characters? Do you stick with established lore and continuity, or do you throw all of that away and write a totally new adventure?
Being both a huge fan of Warcraft and something of a creative person myself, I’ve decided to try my hand at the script for the World of Warcarft movie. One that sticks to the established story, but takes some liberties as well. Join me after the jump to see my idea!
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